Now Available at the IDEXX Learning Center: IDEXX VetTest® Chemistry Analyzer Certificate Course [Trade]
Stay up to date with new enhancements and best practices for the VetTest analyzer

Westbrook, Maine, February 6, 2007—IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDXX), announces the launch of the IDEXX VetTest® Chemistry Analyzer Certificate Course, an online training tool designed to help veterinary professionals stay up to date with best practices and enhancements to the VetTest analyzer. The course can be found at the IDEXX Learning Center, launched in October 2006 to provide veterinary professionals with easy access to online education, event registrations, and continuing education (CE) certification and tracking.

The VetTest course enables clinic staff to leverage best practices in sample preparation, sample collection and related tasks to increase productivity, streamline workflows, and enhance patient care. The online program allows veterinary professionals to train where and when it is most convenient and keeps them abreast of the latest VetTest product enhancements, including the Urine P:C Ratio, use of the new lactate test, and eight-minute plasma results. Once purchased, the program allows for unlimited use, making it a useful continuing tool for both training and professional development.

“I’m very excited about this new educational offering from IDEXX,” says Erica Archer, Product Manager for the IDEXX VetLab® Suite. “We want veterinarians and technicians—in fact, everyone in the practice—to know that they can come to the IDEXX Learning Center for educational opportunities they won’t get anywhere else. We want not only to bring veterinary professionals together with specialists for the most up-to-date medical information, but also to help with the issues practices face every day. The VetTest course is one way we can help practices maintain consistency and gain efficiency in their workflows. It’s information that can be put to use right away.”

Along with its other benefits, the VetTest course will allow veterinarians and technicians to earn three RACE continuing education credits upon completion, so they can become more proficient VetTest users and, at the same time, continue to build their academic portfolio using a convenient and self-paced format.

For more information go to www.idexx.com/vettestcourse or contact the IDEXX Learning Center Help Line at 1-207-556-3430.

About IDEXX Laboratories
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. is a leader in companion animal health, serving practicing veterinarians around the world with innovative, technology-based offerings, including a broad range of diagnostic products and services, practice-management systems and pharmaceuticals. IDEXX products enhance the ability of veterinarians to provide advanced medical care and to build more economically successful practices. IDEXX is also a worldwide leader in providing diagnostic tests and information for the production animal industry and tests for the quality and safety of water and milk. Headquartered in Westbrook, Maine, IDEXX Laboratories employs more than 3,500 people and offers products to customers in over 100 countries.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements about the Company’s business prospects that are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's expectations of future events as of the date of this press release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events or developments. Actual results could differ materially from management’s expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include the following: the Company’s ability to develop, manufacture, introduce and market new products and enhancements to existing products; the effectiveness of the Company’s sales and marketing activities; the Company’s ability to develop, license or obtain rights to new technologies; the Company’s ability to identify acquisition opportunities, complete acquisitions and integrate acquired businesses; the impact of competition and technological change on the markets for the Company’s products; the effect of government regulation on the Company’s business, including government decisions about whether and when to approve the Company’s products and decisions regarding labeling, manufacturing and marketing products; the impact of distributor purchasing decisions on sales of our products that are sold through distribution; changes or trends in veterinary medicine that affect the rate of use of the Company’s products and services by veterinarians; the Company’s ability to obtain patent and other intellectual property protection for its products, successfully enforce its intellectual property rights and defend itself against third party claims against the Company; disruptions, shortages or pricing changes that affect the Company’s purchases of products and materials from third parties, including from sole source suppliers; the effects of government regulatory decisions, customer demand, pricing and other factors on the realizability of the Company’s inventories; the Company’s ability to manufacture complex biologic products; the effects of operations outside the U.S., including from currency fluctuations, different regulatory, political and economic conditions, and different market conditions; and the loss of key employees. A further description of these and other factors can be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 (1.5 MB), and on the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 (520 KB), in the section captioned "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."

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